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THE  STEUCTURE  OF  THE  TEXT  OF  THE 

BOOK  OF  AMOS 


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THE  STRUCTURE  OF  THE  TEXT  OF  THE  BOOK  OF  AMOS 

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WILLIAM  RAIXKV    HARPEB 

PROFESSOR   AND   IIF.AI'  UK   Till     DEPARTMENT   IT   Till.   M  MI  111 
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PRKFATOKY    NOTE 

A\  effort  lias  been  made  in  the  paper  that  follows  to  present  the  text  of  Amos 
with  Bpecial  reference  to  i  1  i  its  strophie  structure;  i  2  i  the  separation  <>f  later  addi- 
tions; (8)  such  modifications  of  the  text  as  a  conservative  criticism  would  approve. 

The  justification  of  the  modifications  here  presented  and  of  the  divisions  sugg 
is  furnished  in  the  author's  Amos  and  Hosea   ("Internationa]  Critical  Commentary," 
1904  |,  where  will  !»■  found  also  a  presentation  of  the  views  of  others  upon  the  logical 
or  Btrophic  structure.     The  general  scheme  of  Amos,  as  given  here,  was  first  presented 
in  The  Biblical  World,  Vol.  XI 1  i  L898),  pp.  86  S9,  179  182,  251  25fl  138. 

In  those  cases  of  verbal  modification  which  are  supported  by  other  students  of 
the  text  the  principal  authorities  have  been  cited. 

Tin-  translation  is  intended  to  follow  closely  the  Hebrew  idiom,  and.  inasmuch  as 
it  was  important  to  have  it  correspond  line  for  line,  the  idiom  is  sometimes,  perhaps, 

more  Hebraic  than   Engl i ah. 

The  original  text  of  the  prophecy  is  printed  in  large  type,  explanatory  glosses 

and  other  later  additions  being  iii  small  type  on  the  margin.  The  place  of  the  gloss 
in    the    Massoretic   text    is  indicated    by    a  star  (*),  except    (o)    where   the   gloss    is   an 

entire  clause,  or  verse,  and  therefore  receives  a  verse  number  as  in  the  main  text,  and 
(6)  within  later  additions  where  the  glosses  are  inclosed  in  parentheses.  Square 
brackets  are  employed  to  indicate  words  or  phrases  supposed  to  have  been  lost  from 
the  Massoretic  text. 

The  following  abbreviations  are  employed:  ^RiT  The  Massoretic  text  <8  =  The 
Septuagint  version.     17  =  The  Vulgate,     (g  =  The  Targum.     §>      The  Peahitto. 


THE  STRUCTURE  OF  THE  TEXT  OF  THE  ROOK 

OF  AMOS 

William    Raiset   Harper 


SI.    THE   SUPERSCRIPTION.   1:1 


rnmrx*  cnw  ■nm 
ics  nprna  (trnpn 
"m  bjnifby  nm 
■^an  Tmvfm  mr? 
ibis  nrrp  nyam 
■onb  dtob  banc1 
:rr-in 


§2.  THE  TEXT,  OR  MOTTO,  OF  THE  BOOK,  1 


niaim) 
mot  prra  hit 
•b-p  -r-  Diwnwi 

:b-c-;r,  rx~  ra^n 


j.i.     APPROACHING  JUDGMENTS  I' PON  THE  SURROUNDING   NATIONS.  1:3    2:5 

A.    Jl'DQMENT  UPON   SYRIA.  1:8-5 

JTBT    ^K    US       1:1  ' 

ptDQl       7W|     n./.     '• 
>.-    IS     S-     Hr3    S    /»' 

/i  _>  i       _  iu  own  " 


:—-"z  HOST*  litem 
poon  ma  tnawi 

fttTffiaa  awT  "rrom 


i1 


'i' 


mm  — dk< 


*-"p  c-s-cr  lbai 


i      ii 


in 


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OF    A.Mos 

William    Rainey    Harper 
g  1.    THE  SUPERSCRIPTION,   1:1 

Tha  word-  "f  Amos  (who  had 
beet>  unong  tha  ihaphwda  I 

of  Trktwi  which  f 
ermine  I-ruel  in  the  du>  - 
of  I'zzinh.  kin*  "f  Judab, 
and  in  tin-  dajl  "f  J.-r>»- 
bonm.  KM  Of  .Jon-h,  king 
of    I-r;o-l.  two  y»'ur-  before 

ili"  Mrthqaake, 

§2.    TIIK  TEXT,  oK   MOTTO,  OF  THE  BOOK,   1:2 

i  And  ha 

\  Bhwvfa  r.-;ir-  from  Zion. 
And    Bitten   hi-    roiofl    from 

.I.rn-.il'-in. 
And    1 1 » « *    paatana  of     th'' 

shepherds  rnourn. 
Ami     the    top    of     Carmel 

wither-. 

g&     APPROACHING  JUDGMENTS  UPON  THE  SURROUNDING   NATIONS.  1:8    2:5 

A.    JUDGMENT  UPON  SYRIA.  I:S-S 

i  i:.i  Thus  has  Yahweb  snid: 

For  three  transgressions  of  Damascus, 
V.a.  for  four,  I  will  not  revoke  it; 
Because  they  have  threshed  with  threshing  instru- 
ments of  iron 

(iilead. 

II      i  And  I  will  send  it  tire  in  the  house  <>f  Hazael, 

And  it  -hall  devour  the  palaces  of  Ben-hadad : 
5         And  1  will  break  the  Imrs  of  Damascus. 

in  And  1  will  cut  off  the  inhabitant  from  the  valley  of 

Aven, 
And  the  scepter-holder  from  Beth-Eden; 
And   the   |>eople  of  Aram  shall  go  into  captivity  to 

Kir.*  *  Ha-  Yahwrh  said 

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H.    JUDGMENT  UPON   PHIIJSTIV.  1:6-8 


mrr  -ux  re    « 

—  ...         MMP         _...-..._-.. 

■By»K  xb  -rz-s-*;;- 

mabir  mba  tjrnbarrbj 

!DT»b  TWlb 

i  iiy  nu'iTD  vm  wibtfi     ' 

;pnran«  nbawi 
rnparbj  t  Ttamm    «* 


a 


:  mm  vw  nrx  « « 


mm  tcs  ro  »  i 

ia*»BW  xb  rwrmrtsn 
nr'-r  mba  Droorrbv 

mnxb 
:dtw  mna  niDT  xbi 

"TYBTirn  rx  T.nbn  10  n 
ns 
mmatra*  ntosn 


mm  nrx  ro  ui 

tmu  tce  r,cbc~br 
-:a-rx  xb  r,72-x"';yi 

vnx  anna  lEnn-by 
cniann  rnoi) 
-tx  -rb  ;-i— 

cms  mi  imaan) 

r."r:  ex  -rnbr-  u  a 
:nnxa  rrcisns  nbrxi 


■pbprow  tav  "patm 
trawbB  mwr  tori    »<* 


C.    JUIXiMENT  UPON  TYRE,  1:9,10 


D.    .JUDGMENT   UPON  EDOM,  1:11,12 


i  f&€  jHUHUi  «»  »boTo  a.  }'.  OuunB  (on  P        Hxbm  bi  IttUtekrjft  ftr  m<—nw>n/ttin>«  naotapte,  v.ii, 

lOH:  V  i    fiRW.r/.  Wki.i.m  u  «i:v    lilTIII      Dllivt.ll.  F.LIIOBBT,         \I.1V    pp.  11-11). 

Inot  and  ii'UKa,  ifloi),  Oiirt  (JCmandatto 

Ufl 


\V  i  l  1. 1  a  M    B  a  i  s  i:  I    H\  b  p  i:  k 


H.    JllMiMKNT  UPON    IMIIU-II  \.  1:6-8 

a         Tims  bas  Fahweb  said : 

For  three  transgressions  of  Q-aza, 
Via.  for  four,  I  will  not  revoke  it; 
Because  they  carried  into  complete  captivity, 
To  deliver  them  ap  to  Edom. 

;  Anil  I  will  send  a  Eire  in  tin-  wall  of  (ia/.a. 

And  it  shall  devout  bei  palaces; 
8c       And  I  will  turn  my  band  against  ESkron; 


in       >■>,'■     And  I  will  cut  off  the  inhabitant  from  Ashdod, 
And  tin-  sci'iitcr-holdcr  from  Askelon, 
*..         And  the  remnant  of  tin-  Philistines  shall  perish.* 


•Tli»  Lord  Yahw.-li  bai  -aid. 


I       11  DGHXNT  UPON   TYHK.  1:9.10 


/'.    JllMiMKNT   UPON    EDOM,  1:11.  r.' 


I  I   I  l.ii-  I,  ||  Y.ihu..)i  -aid: 
K..r  three  IrnmimiliMii  •  ■( 

Tyr... 

fur    fi.ur,     I    will     not 
revok.-  it : 
Bi  oanae  thej  Buried   Into 
oomplete    captivity    to 

K*  1  ■  •  T 1 1  . 

And  <li<l  uui  remember  the 
brotberlj  ooreajuit. 

II  10   \n.l  I  will  lend  a  Hr..  in 

the  wall  ..f  Tyr.-. 

And    it    -dull    dSTOOI    Imt 
I'.il.u-.--. 


I  II  Thu.  hu  Yahw.li 

Portbree  trenmiwloiii  <>f 
Bdom, 

■>  f..r    f.mr.  I    will    n..t 

r. -vi.li.-  it  ; 
Becnu-.-     It.-    pursued    In- 

l.r,.|li.-r  with  the  nrord, 
(And    daaliuiad    hli  oom- 

passii.n) 
Ami  eheriahed    hi-    eager 

perpetually, 

(And   kept  hi-   aiik-.-r 
forever). 

II  13  And  I  will  x>nd  a  Are  in 

T'-man, 
And    it     -hall    devour    th.- 
palnc.--  ..f  ll.-zrah. 


l."W 


The  Structure  of  the  Text  of  the  Book  of  Amos 


B.    JUDGMENT    UPON    AMMON.  1:13-15 

i:"rx  xb  nsa"»"byi 

:nbiz"nx  aim  pab 


13  I 


:ncic  era  nrcn* 


rnvraaina  rx  ttsm     «     n 

rmrfiH"*  ffysm 
•rranba  on  surma 


mrr  "vox  re    i  ■ 
TBT  TCE  nrbc~by 

■oarou  xb  roxwr^n 

mrrrBH  ccx'a-by 

mm 

■hob  xb  vpm 

srrars  DOTPU 

crrax  ":'--  -rx 

( :  crmnx 

rrrrrz  ex  rn'::-  I  D 
i  uVbhhp  mrarM  nb;x- 


nVoa  aha  -bm     «     m 
sttst  "-x 


/•'.    JUDGMENT  UPON   MOAB,  2:1-3 


mrr  -ma  na  ■-•:  >     • 


ansa  xb  -n-s-'"- 

tarnsr-jVo  mass  una  br 

zs"-","x-=  roan  •■'"•ib 


2S"-2  -S  "n~b"^*      -"■'■  " 
nr-pn  rtTS  nb:x- 


"orno  Vipa  rurma 


roipa  Mitt  trail 

lap  :rns  mrarta'i 

mrr  una 


O.    JUDGMENT  UPON   JUDAH,  2:4,  S 


2./ 

3  III 


»#SB   T'ljjb  :    'or  ttboro  roadiuit  seo  my  "Ama  ami  II..  ...i  "  i  /ufc-.  ii.i/i.m.if  (Vifn-.il  <\>nimcnfar>         I 

i:;i 


Wi  i.i.i  \  m   Bainbi    II  \  kpek 


t.    JUDGMENT  I T<>\   AMMON.  1:11 
Tims  1ms  Ynli wdi  said: 

For  three  transgressions  of  the  children  of  A ion, 

Yea.  for  four,  I  will  nol  revoke  it; 

Because  they  have  ripped  up  the  women  with  child 

of  Gilead, 
That  they  might  enlarge  their  border. 

But  I  will  kindle  a  tire  in  the  wall  of  Rahbah, 
And  it  shall  devour  her  palao  -. 
With  shouting  in  the  day  of  battle,* 


'  Wnii  11  itora  to  tha  day  ..f 

Uim|»'-t. 


HI 


:<-.  b 


III 


And  their  king  shall  go  into  exile, 
1  [e  and  his  princes  together; 

Yah weh  has  said. 

/  .    JUDGMENT  I  ro\   UOAB, 
Thus  has  Yahweh  said: 
Por  three  transgressions  of  Moab, 
Yea,  for  four,  I  will  not  revoke  it; 
Because  they  bnrned  the  bones  of  the  king  of  Edom, 
In  order  to  desecrate  the  dead  on  acconnl  of  violence 
done  to  Moab, 

But  I  will  send  a  lire  in  Moab, 

And  it  shall  devour  the  palaces  of  Ceryyoth, 

With  shouting,  with  the  Bound  of  trumpet. 

And   I   will  cut  off  the  judge  from  the  midst  of  her. 
And  all  her  princes  1   will  slay  along  with  him; 
Yahweh  has  said. 

G.    JUDGMENT  IPOS'  JIUVIL  2:4,  ", 


I  2:4  Thai  tuu  Ynliw.h  said: 
Fur  tlir.'..  traaaffnaaloaa  of 

Jodah, 

!  fur    four,    I    will    not 

rovnki'  it : 
Becau-.'  thai  Ii  1 1 •■  n.jrot.^i 

tli<-  law  nf  Yaliw.-li. 
An. I  haro  iml  uh~.-rv.'.l  ln^ 

rtatataa. 

I  thfir  11m  have  .■  I 
than  t.»  i>rr. 
Afi.r    which    tli.'ir   father 
walked.) 

II  !   lint  I  will  send  a  fire  in 

Judah, 
And    it    shall    devour    the 
palaces  of  Jerusalem. 


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£4-    JUDGMENT  AGAINST  THE  NATION    [SBAEL,  2:6  LB 

A.    THE  INJUSTICE  AND  OPPRESSION    IN    ISKVEL.  J:6-« 


■■:s  re  ■-■■ «     ■ 


> 


"--ix  xb  -~"s-br 
striw  -zrz  fra*n 

IMF  trams  -,— 


itr  m»  -pTi 
':•■!•—  cr-rx  *;';-  -r:b 

«.    THE  EFFORTS  MADE   HY   YAHWEH  TO   BUILD   UP   [SBABL,  2:9-12 

trnxo  y-s-:  cms  trhsn  -::*o  *.b>     ■ 
rM  =tz~s  -2t:z  c:rs  -b"s" 
:— ;s~  V"wrw  rranb  ■[ran  cra-uo] 


inhna  — i— ;i  brar  ma  tbwi 


D"iT:b  BBTinaffi  rrx":b  zr:n  trptfl     u«    m 
:---"Ds:  b&vw  "z  nKTTM  ran     "«. 


•'#'T    Z-EXrn;    as    ubovo   6,   »,   r.   and    Bacb,  'fff  t:™:    m  abo?*,   II...,«vsn.  /..  ,i..  i,,,n  fir 

umini.,  Nowaok,    Tmkkkv   i./. .in -wii  «(  He alttmtamtnUietu  FOTMnnfta/t, Vol. n pp. •  B. 

\,,l.   W.   ,.,    151  .  ii.   A.  Smith,  iumI 
(M/rrtucAunprn  X.  Huck  Amu4,  1W0I).  Tl, w.r.l-  u*  bond  in  8. 

l.ii; 


Willi  am  Rairby  Habpbb  1 1 


S4.    JUDGMENT  AGAINST  THE   NATION    ISRAEL,  2:6  L6 

.1      THE    INJUSTICE    \NH   OI'I'IiKSSION    IN    ISKAI 

I    I  Tims  has  Yahweh  saicl : 

For  t h r< -c  transgressions  of  [srael, 
Fea,  for  four,  I  will  not  revoke  it: 
Because  they  Bell  » h«-  righteous  for  money, 

And  the  needy  fur  a  pair  of  shoes. 

ii      «         Ami  because  garments  taken  in  pledge  they  spread 

nut 
Beside  every  altar. 

And  the  wine  of  such  ns  have  been  fined  they  drink. 
In  tin-  houses  of  their  jjods. 

in       i         Who  crush  the  head  of  the  poor,*  •*>  u»  dut  of  the  earth. 

And  the  waj  of  the  humble  they  turn  aside, 
And    a    man    and    his   judge    deal    according    to 
agreement, 

And  so  profane  my  holy  name. 

B.    T1IK  EFFORTS  HADE  HV   YWIWKll  TO  BUTLD  DP    QBABL,  2:9-U 

i    .':io  And  yet  it  was  I  who  brought  you  up  from  the  land 

of  Egypt, 
And  led  you  in  the  wilderness  fortv  years, 
[And  brought  you  hither]  to  possess  the  land  of 
the  Amorite. 

ii  And  it  was  I  who  destroyed  from  before  them  the 

Amorite, 
Whose    height   was    like  that  of   th< dars.  and    he 

was  Btrong  as  the  oaks; 
Bui  I  destroyed  his  fruit  from  above  and  his  ro,.ts 
from  beneath. 

in      Ua        Moreover  I  raised  up  some  of  your  sons  for  prophets, 

and  some  of  your  youths  for  nazirit. -; 
12  But    ye   made   the   na/.irites  drink  wine,   and   upon 

the  prophets  ye  laid  prohibition.*  '        a*. "Te  thai]  not  proph- 

ii'.         Is  not  this  indeed   so.  ()  children  of   [srael?      It  is 

the  orade  of  Yahweh. 


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C.    THE  UPENDING  CALAMITY.  2:18-16 


"K    PCPI    [fib]      2:13 


~,jW\   ""7*     i —  S- 

I     I    --      I  i-     I     IS.  -I  l 

bpa  DTBH  ~XT      ii      n 
ins  "":x--Kb  pim 
STOW  crr-sb  -12:1 
■nar-sb  roup?!  wem     usa 

"abB"xb  vb:n  bpi     at    m 

tTT'naa  lib  y:i<i     i6c 
HDB3  ab'r-xb  ;nrri     u< 


§5.    THE  ROAR  OF   THE  LION;    DESTRUCTION   IS  COMING,  3:1-8 

bs-rcp  to*  *Drb?  fTST  "amiDS  nTmnTlTM  VOV   s: 1 


nonRPi  mnBWB'baa  wr  c:nx  p-     2     n 

******** 

iffinwbs  ns  ttrbj  -pis  p-bs 
:ti;i:-ds  -nbz  nrr  err  iDb-r;      s 


ib  "pn  cptn  ~rz  ms  Mwm     <     m 
■Db"OS  -r.bz  VWffl  ibip  -pes  p\YI 
nb  --s  »piai  ywn  l""br  -i£^  birr; 
i-rob*  sb  robi  pramTTo  po-nbsm 


■  ASF  ^;5"1J1^ ;  ns  alxivp,  O,  *.  f.  }'.  IIitzio,  (iraetz.  -/HP   ng  :    as  above,  C  an. I   Peri.kh.  Mnnlckten  zur 

(tOU  \<  k.  Driver.  Ki.iiokht,  Ooht,  Obtti.i.  IIiksc  R,ataX.        TcjrtKntik  dm  Altrn  TatamenU,  1895. 
'inr  3"l"l7;  UnrituwriwiUnniin  iiwimrt  Soma,  p.m. 

138 


William  Husky  Habpeb  L8 


a    TIIK  UPENDING  CALAMITY,  2:18-16 

i  -is         Therefore,  behold,  it  is  I 

Who  will  make  yon  groan  in  your  places, 
.Inst  as  the  flireshing-wagon  makes  groan 
(The  floor)  filled  with  Bheaves. 

ii      11         Then  shall  refuge  fail  the  swift, 

And  the  Btrong  shall  aol  strengthen  bis  force, 
And  the  warrior  shall  not  deliver  himself, 
Ua         And  he  that  handles  the  bow  shall  aol  stand. 

111      1st  And  the  swift  of  foot  shall  n..t  rescue  himself, 

i6 «  And  the  stontesl  of  heart  among  the  warriors; 

18 c  And  the  skilled  shall  Dol  deliver  himself. 

ua  And  he  that    rideth  a  horse  shall   flee  away  in  that 

jljj..  *  "Ii  i>  th.' oracle  of  Yaliw.li. 

§5.    THE  BOAB  OF  THE  LION;    DESTRUCTION   IS  COMING,  .5:1-8 
l   s:  i  Hear  this  word  which  Yahweh  has  Bpoken  against 

y,,,,  *  *0  children  of  Israel, 

Against    the  whole   family  that    1    1  >rought  up  from 

the  land  of  Egypt .  saying, 


ii 


Vmi  only  have   I    known  of  all    the   families  of  the 

earth, 
[But  you  have  forsaken  and  rejected  Yahweh.  your 

Sod;] 
Therefore  will  1  visit  upon  yon  all  your  iniquities; 
s  Can  two  walk  together  if  they  be  not  agreed? 

m      4         Does  a  lion  mar  in  the  foresl  when  there  is  no  prey 

for  him? 
Does  a  young  lion  utter  his  voice  from  his  den 

unless  he  has  taken  something? 
Does  a  bird  fall   upon  the  ground   if  there   is  no 

hunter? 
Does    a    snare    fly   up    from    the    ground    without 

catching  anything? 


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mr-sb  en  -rz  -z'-  rpn-cs      a     n 

:-•-?-&-  mm  tjs  nn  rmm» 

:D-s-i:r;  nays*  mo  ~b;  cs-d 


§6.    THE   DOOM   OF   SAMARIA,  3:9-4:3 

y^si  rnunirta  Trrosa  mwwbj  lmrafi  *■■  •     i 

mnpa  enprnn*     *nrnr  rom  rarra  urn  -rTr-"---':r  lawm 

mrr  ex:  nrr:  row*  trr-sbi     u 
iDrrrvno-wa  mm  c-:-  trmtan 


l       N     i  — — w  X    li  Hi  -     CN  _N     I   U       ,-"  " 

:-t"-;-s  1T3J1  -Tr  man  Tflpn 
ypfl  n"-b"  r~r-  Lva  TPSfTl     15 

iiui'-ukj*  *°"-^  °'n-  tbci  "nDmra  rnsn 


rows,  trawn  bmar-'aa  lbxr  -: 


»JBC    ■'"in:    as   aboTo,  O,    5.  S>r.>.li<-xaplar,  Ooet  I'iHC   2^0^  :  as  abov.  S,  ud  BTBH1  I,  (h  HIM, 

(TheoUviM-h '  TijiUrhri/l,  VoL  XIV.  p,   19),    «l.l  l.llil  M  s.  Si  n..h.  \V  I  I  Mill  -l  s  .< .  i;  LI  I  / \  LU  KM.NOWACK,  DMVJUi 

NOH  u  K.  (1.  A.  Smith.  I k.  blOBST,  <)>  i  n  i.  BAVMAia  LOiiu.  BLBOUT,  II  ii.-..  h  i  .  Oil  i  i.i.  Makti. 

|  /•,.     u,r> •         ud    M  umi  i  Kurzer 

ll'lifl-l'omttuntilr 

140 


W  i  i.i.i  am   Raisey   Harper 


IV 


Cum   n   trumpet    be  Bounded    in  a   city  and    the 

I |'li'  not  tremble '. 

('an  evil  happen  in  a  city  and  Yahweh  imt  have 

caused  it  F 
Hut  the  Lord  Yahweh  doea  aothiiig, 

■  pt  he  reveal  his  purpose  to  his  servants  the 

prophets. 

Thr  linn  has  roared ;  who  is  there  that  does  not  fear? 
Tin'    Lord    Yahweh    has   spoken;    who    is    it    that 
cannot  prophesy? 


15 


I     .1: 


in 


II         II 


III  12 


§6.    THE   DOOM   OF  SAMABIA,  8:9     1:8 

Proclaim  over  the  palaces  in  Ashdod,  and  over  the 

palaces  in  the  land  of  Kgypt:* 
Gath.r  ye  apon   the  mountain  of  Samaria,  and  see 

the  manifold  tumults  therein;* 
And  how  they  know  not  to  do  good,  it  is  the  oracle 

of  Yahweh, 
These    who    treasure    violence    and    oppression    in 

their  palaces. 

Therefore,   thus  has    the    Lord   Yahweh    said:    An 

adversary  shall  snrronnd  the  land. 
And  he  shall  strip  from  thee  thy  strength,  anil  thy 

palaces  shall  he  plundered; 
And   I  will   smite  the  winter  house  together  with 

the  summer  house, 
And  the  houses  of  ivory  shall  perish,  yea  many 

houses  shall  cease.* 

Thus  has  Yahweh  said:   As  the  shepherd  rescues. 
From  the  mouth  of  the  lion,  two  legs  or  a  pice  of 

an  ear. 
So   the  children  of  Israel  shall  be  rescued,   they 

who  dwell  in  Samaria 
In  the  corner  of  a  couch,  in  the  damask  of  a  divan. 


•and  the  opprwlum  within 
her, 


"It  i ~  th"  oraele  "f  Yahweh. 


141 


16  The  Stbuotubi  of  the  Text  of  the  Book  of  Amos 


nw    nma    una* 


urmasn  *rt*)  .     .    

bar—  rmsra  b-  tripBi 


:y-xb  •;&::  rnnsn  rwp  iron 


fnaa  ma  [taw]  ~wK 

tnra*  wcetct  o-bn  mp--~~ 

smriTEOi  nsran  c--:-xb  r— o«n 

Wipa  ntT  *:~s  rir:      «     vi 
orbr  c-xz  tnr  ran  " 


rovrrrrroa  "n-nxi  tvosa  orr.s  woyi 
nrmsBt  rrosrnw*  t :  i-;:"-^—  "-.-rbrm  *n:s^r  trsPBl 

'  v  :  -     :    t    : 


I 


§7.     ISRAEL'S    FAILURE   TO   UNDERSTAND  THE    DIVINE    JUDGMENTS,  4:4-13 

WSffl  bxr—  -si   «:  4      1 
DDTDT  -p-b  warn 

rmn  yona  ^cpi     5     □ 


trawn  maia  unpi 
jmrr  "-x  ex: 


bx-r— :-  DtQTW  "": 


DOi  -nr:  -:x_cyi      «      m 
OSHrbaa  ="-r  frpp 
ttmuipu'VaQ  onft  xrn 
:rwn»o  "tj  cn-r-sb- 


1  flS^  rttfU^^ni  i    M  sboTK,  C.  1'.  «nd  Hitzio. 

142 


William   Bairbi   II  a  kpeb 


17 


iv     1:1        Bear  ye  and  testify  against  the  house  of  Jacob,*     MtiiUwoneiaoi 

That  in  the  da;  when  I  visit  the  transgressions  of         *«kweh  (God  of  b 

el  apon  him. 
I  will  inflict  punishment  apon  the  altars  of  Beth-el, 
Ami  the  horns  of  the  altar  shall  be  cut  off  and  fall 
to  the  ground. 

v   I:  1  Hi-iir  this  word,  ye  kirn-  of  Bashan. 

Who  [dwell]   in  thf  mountain  of  Samaria, 
Who  injure  the  poor,  and  <.'rush  the  needy, 
Who   say    to   their   husbands,    brin^    that    we    may 
drink. 

vi       I         The  Lord  Yahweh  has  sworn  by  his  holiness: 

Behold  days  are  coming  upon  you, 

And  ye  shall    lie  taken  with  hooks,  even  the  last  of 

\"ii  with  fish-hooks, 

8  Ami     through     breaches     ve    shall    SO    forth.*  and      ,eaeh *»»>«"» straight  before 

'  &  her, 

ye  shall  be  east  toward  Harmon.*  'it  lithe  oracle  of  Yahweh. 


[SRAEL'S    FAILURE   TO  UNDERSTAND  THE    DIVINE    JUDGMENTS,    II   13 


I    i:  i  li<>  ye  to  Bethel  and  transgress, 

In  Gilgal  increase  transgression, 
Ami  bring  every  morning  your  sacrifices, 

Every  third  day  your  tithes. 

n       .-,         And  burn  of  leavened  bread  a  thank-offering, 

And     proclaim     tree-will    offerings,    make  them 

known. 
For  so  ye  love  to  do,  <  »  children  of  Israel: 
It  is  the  oracle  of  the  Lord  Yahweh. 

in       s        I  also  it  was  who  gave  to  you 

Cleanness  of  teeth  in  all  your  cities. 
And  lack  of  bread  in  all  your  places, 
Hut  ye  did  not    return   unto  me;  it  is  the  oracle  of 

Yahweh. 


II  ; 


18 


Tin:  Stbuotubb  of  the  Text  of  the  Book  of  Amos 


onunn  rrobu  -rea* 
■vspb 

■rcnar  rnx  npbn  i » 
■rnaiar  x*  -~x  r.pbm 

W      :  r:-r  m&P 
":s  ='-r  c'5c  DTflB 
ffna  r-rcb  nrw  -py 

war-1  b6i 


•DTDMTtW  D3H  TCP3H  ":S"C:i        ?a     iv 

nrs  Ty-bcP  "moaTf) 
"■•l:'-s  xb  r~s  Tybji 

mrriMO  "~~  dtqtdtiVi     s^ 

CT:n  b;x"  DBTVTi  zr:xm 
trnrnttB  •-;■  cnzr-xbi 


c;icio  ■•ar  cr« 


trnsa"*pt3  "qi  err  *n~br     w     w 
•nrmrn  mra  wti 

liTfiP'DM  TP  tffOW"»Vl 


*  *  *  *  *  c™^  "m,  i 
Twrtsi  c-c-nx  n--bx  wanoa 

iffltTTMB  TS  crrr-xb- 


VII 


D"Hn  -urn  n:n  13    u 
rm  K*Q1 
vnrtvo  a~xb  -pjei 
nE^y  "nr  raw 


bmar  -b"~~~x  PO  "b      i»«    vm 
r--r  rosaxTibs  pnrr     «»« 


<\    A   DIIMI.    \\\iilN(IN(i   rSBAEL'S  DOMING    DESTRUCTION,  B:]  8,8,9 

:bs-r-  rra  firp 

PTST  "3TH  lUR'lB  "        »« 

'•'ffE    r"13nn  :    U   lbor«,     H'u.miuma.     NOWAOK,         vv.  hi-.    UK)    Will  11  vi  -l\.     <ii:ui/,     N.i"  u  K.    LOUR. 

:  BAUHAm.'and  Mahti.  Hxaacm,  Oktti.i.   Hum     /..in.   rtniMgm,   v.. I.   \i, 

uJM.tBWQ1l     '     '',»'»--   C.  ft,  K.    \«i  11  v.   Sim         |,|v""Ml" 

111 


William  K  \  in  i;\   H  \  bpbb 


1'.' 


*wblla  yt   thara 

tlirt-i-  tin  nit  hi  In  t  Li-  linrvi  -I. 

•1  /.  Ona  Bald  bains  r 
apoa     and     another 

which  wit-  mil  mined  npOD, 
drying  op;  (8a  urn  it 
thr-  Kceringnota 

i. in-  i*  1 1  >  tn  drink  uitt.-r 
willniilt  In- 


•together  with  the  oaptirftj 

uf  yinir  boi 


iv       -. ,.      I  bIbo  it  was  who  withheld  from  you  the  ruin.' 

And   I  sent   rain  on  one  city, 

While  upon  another  city  I  -'-tit  ool  rain;* 
,<.       lint  w  did  ii/>t  return  onto  me;  ii  is  the  oracle  of 

Yah  wet/ 

\       n        1  smote  you  with  blighl  and  decay, 

I  laid  waste  your  gardens  and  vineyards; 

V.mr  fig-trees  and  olive-trees  the  locusl  devoured; 

lint  ye  did  doI   return  onto  me;  it  is  th -acle  ol 

Vahweli. 

vi      to        I   -ent  among  yon  the  pestilence  after  the  maimer 

of  Egypl ; 
1  Blew  \ < m i r  young  men  with  the  Bword;* 
And   I  caused  the  stench  of  your  camps  t<'  rise  in 

your  nostrils; 
Bui  redid  aol   return  onto  me;  it  Lb  the  oracle  of 

Yahweh. 

vii      n         I  overthrew  among  you  *  *  *  *  * 

As  God  overthrew  Sodom  and  Gomorrah; 

And   ye  were  as  a  brand  snatched  from  the  Maze; 
Hut  ye  did    not    return   unto  me;    it  is  tin-  oracle  of 
Vahweh. 

vim      ita      Therefore  thus  will  I  do  to  thee,  < »  Israel, 

13«        Yahweh.  God  uf  hosts,  is  his  name; 
I26,<      Because   I   will  do  this  to  thee. 

Prepare  to  meet  th\  God,  < »  Israel. 

in  ii  •/.    Kor.  In!  ha  forma  the 
monntaini    and    on 

(In-   wnnl. 

Ami  be  tetla  man  art 

nil  thought : 
Hi-  makee  dawn  ilurk i 

A lul  tri'.-iil-  npOO  the  height* 
of  the  i-arth. 

B8.    A    DIBGE   ANNOUNCING    ISRAEL'S  COMING    DESTBU<  HON,  5:1-6,8,9 


l  Hear  this  word 

Which  I  take  ii|>  againbi  you, 
Even  a  dirge,  ' »  house  of  Israel ; 

s.i        For  thus  has  said  the   Lord  Yahweh: 


L4G 


20  The  Stricture  of  the  Text  of  the[Book  of  Amos 

nip  rcirrxb  r'-z: 
btevtr  nbirc 

.     -     N     Ji     t     _  _. 


••cz  n-.rr  ....  »/ 
b->C3"i  rna">5  nrr  »a-c 
mobs  -psb  Tom 
-pcnn  ''•nb-jbb  cvn 

on  "nab  x-rpn  • 
7-xn  wis  2:ect 


•       II.  ,> 


I'"  I 


s 


rbx  rwxTi  ~"rn      s<,    m 
TWO  Yttwn 
bx~,r-r--b  nx^  nxsvm 
mrep  T8wn 


bx-r*  rrzb 
royn  xb  rz-r—xn      5  c 


bsrva  limn  bxi      5,,.^  v 
ixm  «b  b;b:.rn 


_U-.   _--    v-v —  .. 

Ifwb  ITPr  bxrrn 


:  :xn-2;  -in  ■psi 


S ,/.  e 


[bx-r-  rra  nnn]      «     vi 
vm  mrr-nx  "mm 
nb2ST  *rcr-un-23  ix  rbvr-& 


uflar    p--    ifx;    n'**"' :    ■»  »bow,  Wbixhaubmi,  "<M  TP :  m  aboTO,  <, and  Bwau>.  Hrmo,  Oomx, 

Ki. :st.  Loiih.  and  Qi  VMS..  {.TktoUvitekt  Bhutttn,  v„l.      Qbaix*  <;.  \.  smith.  Nod  us,  ni.m.i.  M  um 

LV1U,  P.  Bl).  KflSI-    X"C  :    ii- "!»'»•■.  ir..  }'.  S.  T.  iin.l  V  wi 

>' f&Z  nb^b  ;  «s  above  ill  man) reodioaa,  and  so  Datmi  .        1|,,iim\\\.    Q.  A.    smiiii.    N,.«\.k.    BlkOBST,   mini. 

Mi  i.  hi. i  i.,  (Jii'ut.  and  Ki.ii.msT.  IIuim,  Slum. 

lit; 


Wi  i.  i.i  AM    Raisky    II  \  BPKB 


•Jl 


ii      2        She  shall  fall  nut  to  rise  again, 
Tin-  virgin  Israel ; 

She  shall  be  hurled  down  upon  her  own  soil, 
With  aone  to  raise  her  up, — 

in      at,      The  city  thai  goeth  forth  a  thousand 
lla\  inur  I'ut  a  hundred  Left ; 
And  she  thai  ^>.th  forth  a  hundred  of  th«'  house 

of  Israel 
Having  but  ten  left. 

iv       4        For  thus  said  Sahweh 
To  the  house  of  Israel. 
Seek  me  and  live, 

Hut  to  HriTshiha  ye  shall  not  cross  over. 


VI 


-i.i.  i,     And  do  not  seek   Bethel, 

And  Qilgal  ye  shall  not  enter. 
:,.(.,•    For  Grilgal  shall  surely  go  into  exile 

And  Bethel  shall  become  |  Beth]-aven 

6  |  And  now.  (  >  house  of  Israel  I 

Seek  Yahweh  and  live, 
Lest  he  cast  tire  on  Joseph's  house* 
And  there  be  none  to  quench  it  for  Bethel. 


•mill  it  .li'vnr 


8/    •••  a      whose    nam''    i- 

Yahw.h. 
8  a-t    The    Creator    of  the 

Plein<l'-~  .iii-l  On. 'ii. 

Who   tnxneth  d»p  Kl<»>m 
Into  morning, 

\n.l  .lay   int..  night    dark- 
t'li.-th. 

itl.e  Whooailatfa  tha  ■ 

..f  lli- 
Aii. 1    pourath    th.'ni   OD   lit*1 

tl  tl artli. 

.   eaoaath   riolem 
bnr-t  npon  tlif  Ftronff, 
\n.l  OUUeth  il.-v.'i-t.iti..n  t«» 

apoo  the  ft  " 


117 


22  The  Stkictlbe  of  the  Text  of  the  Book  of  Amos 


8,9.    TRANSGBESSOBS  SHALL  COME  TO  GRIEF,  5:7,   10  17 

ttsws  n»bb  c-r~-  »i  ->     i 

Jirran  ywb  npnn 
_.»...  _...„_  .x:;c     M 

jiojrr  trrai  "an 
b*rbj  uDDwa~fr  pb     u 

Dma  ma  to 

D2  'awn  xbi 

DrotM  "ran  -•--: 

:n:*-ns  wwr.  xbi 

UZTZZ  ffon  w  1      i-       ii 

__  N_    >    u   B_3 

u  i      N  i  it  i  iV_    ,  ...ii     S3         II 
,  is  i  i  ii/     rv     _ 

■— n  wob 


"~ 1-8  ms™ * 


rosax  Tfts  mrr  p-m 


ait:  'OTISI  r^  isrr      «      m 
_-  —  "",ra  '"um 
nvr  ""■  -bis 
:rcr  trow  nisax-^nbK 
r-sn-  v.'rx-  *mrr  --8  ns  pb      i« 

-zee  worn-baa  -  rrw 
trnn  r-8-  msTPbadi 

!TC  TT'  »TBD_  58V  *  b_8_b8   "28   18"pT 

SttBT  -.8  -p^pa  -_r8  -: 


KJHi*'   Z"C"2  :   »s  "hove,  Oetti  l  :  .  I.  \\  i  i  i  ii  \i  -i  \.  V'/HIT    *I~X  I    tof  ahow  reading  KM  Amimnnil  Hotca, 

NowACf,  Rlhomt,  Ciiiim    (/„.././..)■''■'    EKoUoa,  ool.       p.  121. 

"JMC  bdt  1BTO1  ■    >'•  *.  im.i  <>..i:i.  «h  i- 

i»jH.'r  Z"~X_n  :  «i  iboTe,  Wl  nini.iv  Non  *■  k.       b  u-iv  Noh  m  k.  Hhaetz,  Oettli.  Elbobi 

i  ii  i  i  i  i 

148 


William  Raihbi   IIarteb  28 

§9.    IBAN8GRi-:»"i;s  shall  t'o.MK  t< »  <.i;ilt,  5:7,  n ►  it 

i   •,.  7        They  who  turn  judgment  to  wormw 1. 

Ami  rust  righteousness  to  the  ground, 
io        Who  hate  him  thai  reproveth  in  the  gate, 

Ami  one  who  Bpeaks  uprightly  they  abhor, — 
ii        Therefore,  because  ye  trample  upon  the  meek, 

Ami  take  from  him  exactions  of  grain, 

( 1  ■  •<!-.  -  of  hewn  Btone  ye  haw  built, 

Bui  ye  shall  not  dwell  in  them, 

Vineyards  of  delight  ye  have  planted, 

Bui  ye  shall  nol  drink  their  wine. 

ii      i'j        Surely  I  know  thai  many  are  your  transgressions, 
And  great  are  your  sins; 
Persecutors  of  the  righteous,  takers  of  bribes! 

fea,  the  idy  in  the  gate  they  thrust  aside. 

is        Therefore,  si the  prudent  man  al  such  n  time  is 

keeping  Bilence, 
It  is  Burely  an  evil  time, 
ii        Sick  g< iod  and  aol  evil, 

That  y  may  live; 

That  so  may  lie  Yahweh,  God  of  hosts, 

With  you.  as  ye  have  said. 

in      us        Hate  evil  and  love  good, 

Ami  establish  justice  in  the  gate; 

Perhaps,  Yahweh  may  be  gracious, 

Tin-  God  of  hosts,  to  a  remnant  of  Joseph, 
i6        Therefore  thus  has  Yahweh*  said.  *Gudur hosts 

I  will  cause  Bhouting  in  all  squares  tor  mourning, 

And  in  all  Btreets  they  shall  Bay,  Woe!  Woe! 

And  the  husbandman  shall  summon  to  mourning:*     •  \,,a   onto   nmn«   those 
it        Yea,  in  all  vineyards  there  shall  be  mourning,  Ai"'"'  : »«tattoo 

When    1    pass    through   the    midst    of    thee,    hns 
Yahweh  said. 


148 


■Jl 


The  Stblctlbe  of  the  Text  of  the  Book  of  Amos 


g  10.    THE   DOOM  OF  CAPTIVITY,   5:18    6:14 

A.    A  WOE  UPON   THOSE   WHO  PRAY  FOR   VAHWEH  S   DAT,  5:18-8J 

nw  dt>  osb  nrrtab*  'tTBT-PTTM  D'TKflafl  "in   t-.u      i 

\y»  vkn  "pon  Kin 
3T1  TWEri  ■narnw  r-x  ci: — rac     19 


:•!—:-  ■onm  Tprrbs  IT  toci  n-z--S2,i 


:ib  rra-Kbi  bsxi 


Xb   tB'WWJ   D5EV 
:  U'2X 
:712rX  X3' 


or;-  -ncx-_  -px:\r     a 
:ODTnxsa  rm«  xbi 
*rnr*rsb  taynroai  mby  -b-ibrrrnx  •=     n 


Tbarman  -pcptS'i  -br;  ten 

•     .  1    IS      y<  '._     I  \y  I.A  I 


23 
H 


II 


2—;  Esnns' 


.__.—     .V 


Drwan  nroin  dtqtpi 
:  baro-tra  nw  c-ri-x 


n:=: 


Teens  Drttwsai 


:c:b  Drnar-nus  nr-nbx  *-v=-nxi 
pwoii  risbma  c:rx  -nbsm 
:*RW)  r-xzi:  -nbx  STST  "^x 


Ml 


/(.    A   WOE  UPON    RECKLl>s    \NH   INDIFFERENT  SAMARIA.  I   1   I 

frxa  c":s-r-  -in  •:  i 
Vp-~  vo  Dntam 
D-i;r;  man  "trapsm 
■nm  n:b=  n»  «  :  bs-i-  fra  oni  "wcM 

nan  ran  ntra  i=bi  ,    n--r«-       , 

"•513    i  onx  i    D'DTun  :  C  -~  nza  *p03IVl 

rfeim  CK/Xton 
cb'naij  3TOM 

»        ■  ■ 

J-'jRC    n^2Q  ;    ns  above.  G.   S.  )'.  Srimiiii'v  an. I 

Dozy  i  /'ic  ImratUti  »  :n  Uakfeo,  p,  0),  BoKmm  [Journal  «/       p,  1 I-. 

Bibtlcal Literature,  Vol.  MM.  p. 8).  .,  „-.__l_.„  ^■•_,  ,  .     ,. 

-•JHrZ;";~   " '23  :    H-  hIn.w  en  k.i  ii  U  nchrift 

nf&€  *yp^;  (or  abore  raiding  Me  ^skm  and  Homo,       Ul„f    (TbsrMtmiwaii    cur    BiM),    Oort,    Wkli.haihkn, 

PP.   HI  f.  ,s,    N,,«  v,  K,   OETTLI.   t7    'l/. 

150 


-'•  IBS'  ^X31  ;    ns    above,    JS;    sec  datti  and   // 


William    Rainbi    Habpbb 


g  in.    Tin:   DOOM   i'l'  CAPTIVITY,  :.:ls    6:14 

i      \   WOE   UPOE   THOSE  WHO   PBA1    FOB   IAHWKH'8  DAY,  I  m-27 

I    I  i-  Alas  tot  those  who  I'm''  for  tin-  da\    of  Viiliw.'h  ;*  'What   havo  tc  t.,   .1..  with 

,       .        ,       ,  ,  ,.     ,  "  Yuhw.h-.l..y1 

It  is  darkness,  ami  not  light. 
i»        A~  when  one  flees  bom  a  lion  and  a  bear  meets  him, 

Or  kr<»-s  into  the  house,  and  leans  \>\>  hand  upon 
the  wnll,  and  a  serpent  bites  him. 
:■»        Shall  iu>t  Vahw.'h's  day  be  darkness  and  aol  Light, 

V.:i.  deep  darkness  without  any  brightness  in  it? 

n     -.'i         I  hat.-.  I  despise  your  feasts, 

And  I  will  not  smell  in  your  fWtivnls. 
i        For  although  ye  offer  me  your  burnt-offerings  and 
meal-offerings  I  will  not  accept  them.* 

•j:t  Take  away  from  me  the  aoise  of  thy  BOngB  and  the 

melody  of  thy  lyres;* 

m        And  lei  justice  roll  as  waters, 

And  righteousness  as  an  ever-flowing  stream. 

■j-,        Was  it  onlj  sacrifices  and  offerings  ye  broughl  me 
in  the  wilderness 
During  forty  years,  I  >  bouse  of  Israel; 
28        Bui  now  ye  lift  up  the  Bhrine  of  your  kimr. 

And  the  image*  of  your  God  which   ye  have  made 
for  yourselves; 
n        And  so  I  will  cany  you  into  exile  beyond  Damascus, 
Has  said   Vahwch.  God  of  hosts  is  his  name. 


Ill 


•Ami   the  peAoaofferiiuBi  "f 

your  (atlioci  1  will  in, l   r. - 
■mid. 

'  1  will  not  b 


•  \,nir  Lmnges,  t  be  ttel  "f 


K.    A   WOB  DPON   RECKLESS    IHD   IM'in  KltKNT  BAMARTA,  8:1  : 

i      f.  i  Alas  for  those  who  arc  careless  in  /ion. 

And  reckless  in  the  mount  of  Samaria. 

Who  specify  themselves  the  chief  of  the  nations, 

And    make   a    prey    for   themselves   "f   the  house  of 
Israel, 
3        Who  postpone  the  day  of  calamity, 

And  cause  the  seat  of  violence  to  conic  iieai'. 


■  •>.  r  txCaluohnndaee. 
An. I  k'«<  thenee   to   lLinmth 

tin-  crt'ut. 

tad  k'<>  down  t.>  Oath  <-f  the 

Philistines. 
\r,'    >,'    lvlt»>r    than    these 

Idiufdonuil 
I    four  bolder  greater  than 

WSJ  tli.'ir  IhinierT 


l.-.l 


■^r,  The  Stbootubb  of  the  Text  of  the  Book  of  AMOS 


4  II 


111 


vr  mt«r»  trason 

CRVxrv  ~~  DTnci 
-pci'i  una  c-'::s- 

:—  r"br  ffilb  "men  TTB 


._.„...  -«•-■-  r-rs-" 

.ww  _  _     -•         -      -     N      1 

=-';:  ts-2  ibr  rms  pb      ■ 
itrrwc  rmo  ~ct 
r'si^  Tibs  mrr  ex:      u> 


C.    YAHWEHS  OATH  THAT  IsinKl.  SHU.'     BE  DESTROYED,  8:8  U 

1TDB33  "-•  "_s  rz-r:   6:  »<.    i 
z.-,v  --x:-rx.  -::x  "ayna      «<■-* 
TWWJ  TOWW1 

mt?  TWTSI  PPFV1  9  D'w'C^   ^Tlii"!  P"™  "!"!*.       "'■•' 

:-r—-nxr-22=--:x  [DtTpa  WpTI  P""' 
tmoBTi  mi  ixr:i  10 

To,  orasx*    inmb  c-=--  v~zz  ------     u      n 

-rx^     —x-     nran  „      —     

-r-    rron    TOTa  D*    ''"  -      _ 

■nan  cex  tobi  -pas  BBW3  -S~-  ~r:i.  na 

DW3  T3H*  x:  "  Cn  ;  n;r;;   -p-»    --r- 

:d"0tp  133  I3npb  I3wru  «i3pi  tmasn 


i- 


cr'rr  trwa  *::-  -=     ••  ■  ■ 

zrrx  'i-:- 
nan  ffabo 

r-xi::;-;  t6k  fflPP  ~x:      "'• 


:•  "    ZX.—C  ;   m   ■bore,    Qtaawx,    Wbluuosbi,      Oobt,  Giastz,  \vi  m  h  h -i  v  Gvra,  Valko*    Krrci 

Mm,  in  1.1..   E1.I1..11-1.    I.. .in:    i)i  i  ii  i    .  I  „l.  Mil..    \.  smiiii.   NOT  U  h.   IMiucb.  LOHK.  Kl, - 

HI  Q JM      ■     .,!..  .i .-.  .  I.  Ii.  Mi.  ii  U  i  i-.   Ill  i/i...        ill  in  i. 

in 


W  !  I.I.I  \  M     K  A  I  N  i:V     il  \  KPER 


■-'7 


in 


• 


Who  lie  mi  ivory  couches, 

And  Btretch  themselves  out  upon  their  divans, 

And  '-at  lambe  oul  of  the  flock, 

Ami  calves  from  the  miilst  of  the  Btall; 

Who  twitter  to  the  Bonnd  of  the  harp, 

Like  David  they  devise  for  themselves  instruments 

of  SOng. 

Who  drink  from  bowls  of  win.-. 
And  with  the  tirst  of  "ils  they  anoint  themselvi  B, 
And  do  nol  grieve  for  the  breach  of  Joseph. 
Therefore,  now,  they  shall  go  into  exile  at  the  head 

of  the  captii 
And  the  shout  of  the  banqueters  shall  cease; 
It  is  the  oracle  <>f  Tahweh,  God  of  hosts. 


■      MHWEH'S  OATH    rHAT  I8BAEL  SHALL  BE  DESTBOTSS 

The  Lord  Vahwfh  has  Bworn  by  himself: 
8c-*    I  abhor  the  glory  of  Jacob, 
And  his  palaces  I  hate, 

And  I  will  deliver  ap  the  city  and  its  contents; 
ii/...-    And  one  shall  smite  the  great  house  into  fragments, 
And  the  small  house  into  fissures. 


II       12  Do  horses  run  upon  crags? 

Does  one-  plough  the  sea  with  oxen? 

That  ye  have  tamed  justice  into  poison 

And  the  fruit  of  righteousness  into  wormwood. 

Who  rejoice  is  that  which  is  not, 
Who  say:   Have  we  not  taken  for  ourselves  horns 
by  our  own  Btrength  F 

Yea.  behold  1  am  raising  up  against  yon, 
( >  house  of  Israel,  a  nation  ; 
And  they  shall  crush  you. 
From  the  entrance  to  Hamath 
I'nto  the  stream  of  the  Arabah: 
m       It  is  the  oracle  of  Vahweli,  (iod  of  hosts. 


in 


13 


II  n    I 


'.'  And  it  aboil  ooue  t- 
if  than  be  left  ten  una  in 
one  house  thai  thai  shall 

■  ii.'.  in  And  oae*i  undo. 
BTOO  hi-  huriirr.  ^hall  Ink.' 
him  ap  to  brini;  out  the 
body    from   the    hODOO.    ftti.i 

Bbal]  nj  to  t. i in  win.  i.  in 
the  inn.'rnio-t  part-  of  tin- 
lion-.'.  I-  than  yt  anyone 
with  th...-*    And   he   -hall 

■a]  :    n lad  be  -Lull 

Hnshl   one  m.iy  not 
mention  the  name  of  Yah- 
weh.—  11    For  lot  Y.ihw.'h 
will  command  .... 


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28  The  Structure  op  the  Text  of  the  Book  of  Amos 

§11.    THREE   VISIONS  OF   DESTRUCTION.   7:1  9 

l  i  il  >         .  .X       .X    i  l     i  ."       •:    1  •'  '     1 

-z;  w  [mrr]  n:m 
•ni  nnx  »pb;  rem  id  Opbn  mbj  rb-rz 

:Tbnn  "rft*Q  xn  Ttt_      2 

yisn  z--~-nx  birxb 
xrnbc  ItlJT  ""X  ne«l 


irxi  C1T27  nx-i  nnx 
i:x 


:xti  *,i:p""  apr  c-.p—  - 

nx7-br  ST&T  an;      3 
irrrr  ^-x  rrmn  xb 

mrr  *:-x  -:x--  re     «     n 

3  i3    JJs  p   1  1.1  m 
TfST  "~X  OK3 

-z^  mnrrnx  brxm 
:pbm  nx  nb:x- 
xrbin  rrrr  tm  1*3*1     5 

!*CT  fop  "  apr  Dip'  TO 

nxT-by  8T6T  d~      e 
■o-m«  :nin-  *non  rmn  xb  x-n  d; 

L*:hx]  "Mm  ~3      1      in 

i:x-  :-:x  rrai  "*ntfin-bj 

rw  ■*«  nw  -mam  •«  -j:x  cr  izr,  ts  ■■:s,i 

bx-r-  tsp  z-pi 

:ib  may  tip  cpow  xb 

piw  roao  iowi 

■d-ut  bx-r-  -r—'-i 

la-ffia  hot  rra-bj  T«3pi 


86 


XIII.    p    18),    W111  ■  u  -1  ■ 


.-/HE    tjpb  :  **  than,  HbvmAni,  \\i  i  i  h  u -i.\.      q/  Biblical  Literature,  v,.|.  ] 
M, ,,„,,,.,  8?  A.  smiim.   i,„,„,  ud  Cmn  lOritiea      Dmtm, Oow, and LOhb. 
WW*«  v  jht  niQin  ;   u  tbors,  Oobt,  Sbajrs,   Nowaoi 

«flS€  n>~  ~{t  I  I'M  PI  I    m  ibor»i  Tobbbi  (Journal      Blbobst,  Loiib,  Oettli. 

l.M 


\\'i  i.i.i  \  m    K  \  i  s ;  i:\    II  \u:i:i; 


Sll.     TIIKI'.i:    VISIONS   OF    DKSTKl'CTION,    7:1   9 
i  7:  io-e    Thus  the  Lord  Sahweh  Bhowed  me, 

Ami  lu!  |  Yahwch      was  forming  locusts, 

In  the  beginning  of  the  coming  up  of  the  after- 
growth ; 
•j        And  when  they  were  making  an  end 

( )f  devouring  the  hero  of  the  land. 

Then  I  said.  <>  Lord  Sahweh,  forgive,  I  pray  thee, 

How  can  Jacob  stand,  for  he  is  small T 
s        Sahweh  repented  him  concerning  this, 

It  shall  not  be,  said  Yahwch. 


li       i        Thus  the  Lord  Yahwvh  showed  me, 
And  lo!  he  was  calling  to  contend, 
l'.\   tire,       the  Lord  Yahwch. 
And  it  devoured  the  great  deep, 
And  had  begun  to  devour  the  land: 
And  I  said.  <>  Lord  Yahwch.  case.  I  pray  thee. 
How  can  Jacob  stand,  for  he  is  small? 
6         Yahwch  repented  him  concerning  this. 
Neither  shall  this  he.  said*  Yahwch. 

in       -.         Thus  [the  Lord]  showed  me, 

And  lo!  the  Lord  was  stationed 
I '..side    n*  wall,  with  a  plumb-lino  in  his  hand. 
8(.       And  the  Lord  said:    Heboid  lam  Betting  a  plumb- 
line. 
In  the  midst  of  my  people  Israel. 

I  will  not  again  pass  by  them  any  more. 
9         And  the  high-places  of  Isaac  shall  be  desolate. 

And     the     sanctuaries    of    Israel     shall     be     laid 

waste 
I  will    rise  up  against   the  house  of  Jeroboam  with 

the  sword. 


l  .1  And  lol  than  wen  full- 
flown  tocuftfl  aft'T  the 
king's  mowings. 


•tli..  Lord 


•  plumb- 
s' a    knd  Sahwah   mid   onto 
ma,   What  .l..-t   thou 
amoal   and  I  laid,  ■  i.lumb- 
liue. 


l.V, 


30  The  Stbuotube  of  the  Text  of  the  Book  ok  Amos 

§12.    AN    ACCUSATION   AND  A   REPLY,   7:10  17 
.1.    THE    ICCUSATION,  1:10  IS 

bottra  --.:  rpS08  nbun  »>«o     i 

-*xb  bs-c— pa  c:~ — bx 
"-■■■••■  —«*«.«  _.«•_. 

bjnw  rva  —p- 

y-sn  brn  sb 

:-"--b:-rs  b-™b 

—-.::•  ie«  ro  "     u      ii 

sinois  b"-^  nbr  nba  bvnm*\ 

ciarbs  stxbh  nan     u     m 

i  nil  i*    \     S"--X     j3n  i    —    ~^    I™!".  I 

:jc:n  DWi  nnb  trerbssi 


xirnb  nr  "c*.n  sb  bxn-n 
sin  "[''—  "w~p"—  *- 
ism  PDbao  rrol 


B.    THE  HEPLY,  7:14  17 


rrsatrss  ican  die*  "r"i     u      i 
-r:x  s-i:---sbi  -r:s  x":-sb 

:c--p-r  cVoi  ":s  "-p::  " 
"sun  *  "~x"^  ~*~"  "— p**     i:» 
iTBT  "bs  TOR*! 

*   -CS      —  iJj      ->.     CN  —  .t   i        (J 

mn — ai  r-r  nwi     u     n 
bs-r-b:-  s~:r-sb  Tr»  nns 

I  I  II  >  —  Is    I  IJ     (J^  ■  ■  '" 

rwr  Tjs  ~pts 

ibi-  3TD  -t:i-  --:n 

pb~r  bz~z  "jnaiHl 

man  rnoata  Tvcmrbs  ~rs- 

ITTttrw  bya  -b-  -b:.  bs-r-i 


"iHc  ip"Q  j  •■  nin.v.-.  Brrao,  <ii:  ii  i/.  w  i.i  i  mi  «i.\.  Quran  m Dmn, Nowaok, Oobt, Blboist, 

LOlIB,  Ol.TTI.I.  Hll  M  11V 

use 


W i  i.i.i am  Sainby  Habpbb  81 

gl2.    AN   ACCUSATION    AND   A    REPLY,   7:10-11 
.t.    l  mi:   Ll  CUBAl  [ON,  I 

i  7:io  And  senl  Ama/.iah.  the  pries!  o£  Bethel, 
To  Jeroboam,  the  k  i  n^-  of  [srael,  Baying: 
Amos  has  conspired  against  thee 

In  the  miilst  of  the  boose  "!'  [srael; 
The  land  is  not  able 
To  contain  all  his  words. 

ii       ii  For  thus  has  Amos  said: 

Jeroboam  shall  die  by  the  Bword, 

And  [srael  shall  suivlv  go  captive  from  bis  land. 

Ill       13  And  Ama/.iah  said  onto  Amos: 

<  •  thou  Beer!     Go  flee  thee  to  the  land  of  Judah; 
And  eal  bread  then',  and  prophesy  there. 
But  at  Bethel  thou  shalt  do  longer  prophesj  ; 
For  it  is  the  king's  Banctnary, 
And  it  is  the  royal  residence. 

ft    TIIK  REPLY,   7:M  17 

I    7:11  And  Amos  answered  and  said  to  Ama/.iah: 

I  am  no  prophet,  nor  am  I  a  prophet's  son; 
But  a  shepherd  am  I.  and  a  dresser  of  sycamores; 
is         And  Yahweh  took  me  from  behind  the  Bheep, 
And  Yahweh  said  unto  me: 

Go.  prophesy  againsl  my  people,  [srael. 

ii       u  Now.  therefore,  hear  the  word  of  Yahweh: 

Thou  sayest,  thou  shalt   not   prophesy  againsl  Israel. 

Nor  preach  againsl  the  house  of  [saac  — 

in       17  Therefore  thus  has  Yahweh  said: 

Thy  wife  shall  lie  a  harlot   in  the  city, 

And    thy  sons    and    thy  daughters  shall   fall  by  the 

sword; 
And  thy  land  shall  be  divided  by  line, 
And  thou  shalt  die  upon  an  unclean  soil; 
Anil   Israel  shall  surely  go  captive  from  his  laud. 


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32  The  Stbucttbe  of  the  Text  of  the  Book  of  Amos 

g  13.    A    FOURTH   VISION    OF   DESTRUCTION-.   WITH    AN    EXPLANATORY 

DISCOURSE,   8:1-14. 

mm  "-a  "jrr;  na  »■■  i      i 
;■"-  aiba  mm 

nx-1.  TTVTTtB  nam  -«  ****** 

:ib  illy  ir  r-ciN-xb 

fPM*  "DTMH9TJ  fWUWE       *       n 

--xb  :  p»  *bp  rrswbi 

"qtd  mvawyi  tmra  "or  tna 

in  -mzi  rawm 

bprc  b-i;nbT  ns-x  ■ptsprfc 

:—--j  "ts-^  mrbi 

0">bn  ro:2  pnapb  « 
o^y:  -nam  yraam 
iTannabnn  npr  fttuo  mm  Jaw      -     m 

•  Ui  i  109  y   '—    I  -»•'    I  own  — N 

ywn  nronti  ntr^n     « 
na  awba  bzsi 
nbr  ""^ra  nrion 
rnwov  sonsa  iwa'njpwyi* 

rwr  ^-x  zx:*  *Knn  ffra  mm     »     iv 

cvnma  oatDPi  -nxzm 
jtk  era  ywb  tttwnm 


x-!nn  ora*  •bati  "n+ia  "ib-b-m 

nam  an  mm  V»  ex: 

wv  *K :-b*-=~  nip-  taa 


bzsb  cr"-  team     »»     v 

-:-pb  Darin  bsi 

pis  cnrerba-bcp  trsjm 

nmp  wrsa  bsn 

ttp  bzsr  mraann 


"   Z"XCn:  as  above,  wn.i.im -i  \.  Wowack,  »JW  ; Q;  u  ibore,  Emnun,  Oort.  Wei.l- 

1  ll  l  i  l  i,   M  \RTI.  SAO»H»,     (dim.      NOWAOK,      Bt.lt—*,      I.OIIK.     Oiiiii, 

"1HC  nj{3  ;  »s  aboro,  Oort,  Wri  i  n  u  -i  \.  Oraetz.        Marti. 
Hi  mi.  Nowaox,  Oh r  i  i.i.  M  miti.  ■<■•■!&€  jpbtjn :  a*  above,  (>iirt.  Qumraio,  el  <■(. 

ice 


Wi  i.i.i  \  m    Iv  un  i:\    Ih  BPBB 


§18.    A    POUKTB    VISION    or    DKSTKI  <   Nov   WITH    AN    KXI'LANATOBI 

DIS001  |;sk.   8:1    II 


I    8:    1 


■.'', 


II  I 


III  7 


IV 


Tims  tin-  Lord  Fahweb  Bhowed  me, 

Ami  lo!  a  basket  of  summer  fruit! 
********* 

Ami  Yahwi'li  saiil  to  me, 

The  end  lias  come  onto  mj  people  Israel, 
I  will  nut  again  pass  them  by. 

Hear  this,  oh  ye  that  trend  upon  the  needy, 

And  are  for  making  the  poor  of   the  earth  to  cease, 

saying: 
Winn  will  the  new  moon  pass  that  we  may  sill  grain, 
And  the  Sabbath  thai  we  may  offer  corn? 
Diminishing  the  ephah  and  enlarging  the  shekel. 
And  perverting  balances  of  deceit, 

Vahwih  hath  sworn  by  the  <jli>ry  of  Jacob: 
I  will  never  forgel  all  their  deeds. 

(  )n  this  aCCOUnl  shall  not  the  earth  tremble, 

And  every  inhabitant  in  her  mourn? 

And  shall  nut  the  whole  of  it  rise  like  the  Nil'-. 

•And  sink  like  the  Nile  of  Egypt? 

And  it  shall  come  t"  pass  in  that  day,* 
That  1  will  cause  the  bud  to  set  at  noon, 
And  I  will  darken  the  earth  in  the  clear  day. 
And  the  Binging-women  of  the  palace  Bhall  wail,* 
It  is  the  oracle  of  the  Lord  Yahweh:     A  multitude 

of  carcasses! 

In  every  plan-  thej  are  cast.* 

And  I  will  turn  your  pilgrimages  into  mourning, 
And  all  your  Bongs  into  dirges, 
And  I  will  bring  sackcloth  upon  all  loins, 
And  upon  every  head  baldness, 

And  I  will  make  it  like  the  mourning  for  an  only  son, 
And  the  end  of  it  like  a  hitter  day. 


la   Lnd   be    laid,  what    dost 
thou 
it  b.ik.  i  of  rammer  fruit. 


6  Baying  the  i»>"r  fur  tilrer, 
And  the ly  f. -r  a  pair  of 

sbo.'-. 
And    thai    ire    may   -.'II    tin- 

r-fii f  the  corn. 


•and  heave 

•it  i-  I  In'  uracil-  nf  the 
Yaliw-li. 


•  in  thai  day. 


■iiu-h: 


IV.  i 


;54  The  Strictlbe  of  the  Text  of  the  Book  of  Amos 


trtta  trur  nan  ua  ■.— si  an  -nrb-rm     u»    vi 

mr  xr»  =s:  n-.:v  K«s-Kbi  arte  arrs6 

:mrr  "la^i-ns  rrrb-zx '-a 

on*  ma  wi    >2 
wtsw  i  uiii  un  fasui 
snssff  xbi  mn — aTrw  wpab 


-:*;mn  sinn  era     u     vn 
502Sn.  {•D'mnaiTi  mbti  rirean 

mam  rtaova  uvwean    » 
■p  -pnbs  ti  rfflKi 
rzr  -az  --n  tn 
step  rr.p-sbi  ibsai 


g  14.     A  FIFTH  VISION  OF  DESTRUCTION,  WITH  A  PASSIONATE  DESCRIPTION 

OF  THE  RUIN,  9:1-86 

nararbs  ass  Tam»  tmn     «     < 

tricn  mam  Tinen  in  ■ran 

cba  -zsrz  crszi 

yirw  z--z  anrw 

c:  nnb  WRb 

itrbs  Bib  err  abi 


bis<"xz  rnrv  ns      «      " 
n-pn  t  traa 
ffUBTl  lbr  d«i 
iurnrw  DTO3 
btnan  ~k~z  *isz"""cs"i     »«.» 

DT-pb-  BBTM  DOS 

D^n  rp-pz  T5  T3W  TWTWl      »«.d  m 

lorrr  -rr:r;-ns  msa  DW3 


MJBC  ^"QT  ;  ■»  abc-re,  6.  S,  V,  K,  many  Hebrew  codices,  and  Drives.,  Mahti 

lflO 


Wl  i.i.i  am    Rainbi    H  I  BPBB  35 


VI         ii'.        And  I  will  send  a  famine  in  the  land,  ""  B»koWtb*d«j»ijr«< ■ 

...  inw.  it  i-  tha  oraola  ei  the 

Not  a  [amine  for  bread,  nor  a  chirm  tor  water,  UudTahwah. 

Hut  fur  bearing  tin-  word  c.f  Fahweh. 
i-        Ami  they  shall  wander  From  Bea  to  -■ 

And  from  tli*-  north  even  to  the  rising  of  the  sun 

thej   shall   run  In  ami  fro, 

To  seek  the  word  of  Yahweb,  bnl  they  shall  not 
find  it. 

vil         is  In  that  dav  there  shall  faint 

The  fairesl  maidens  ami  the  youths.*  •fortunt 

ii  Who  swear  by  Samaria's  guilt, 

And  sa\  :      As  liwth  thy  (iod,  O  Dan: 
Ami:     A-  liwth  the  way  of  Beersheba; 
And  they  shall  fall  and  not  rifle  again. 


§14.    A  FIFTH  VISION  OF   DESTRUCTION,  WITH  A   PASSIONATE  DESCRIPTION 

OF  THE  RUIN,  ;• :  1  86 

i         l  I  saw  the  Lord  standing  by  the  altar. 

Ami  he  said:  Smite  the  capitals,  that  the  thresh- 
olds may  shake, 

\  i  a.  break  them  off  upon  the  head  of  all  of 
them  (  ?), 

And  tie-  residue  of  them   I  will  slay  with  the  sword. 

There  shall  not  escape  of  them  a  fugitive, 

And  there  shall  not  l>e  delivered  of  them  a  refugee. 

ii        ■:        If  they  dig  through  to  Sheol, 

Thence  will  my  hand  take  them; 
And  if  they  climb  up  to  heaven. 
Thence  will  I  bring  them  down: 
So, l    And  if  they  conceal  themselves  at  the  top  of  Carmel, 
Thence  will  I  search  them  out  and  take  them. 

in        Sc,d    And  if  they  hide  from  before    mine    eyes  at    the 
bottom  of  the  sea, 
Theme  will  1  command  the  serpent  audit  will  bite 

them  : 


161 


36 


The  Structure  of  the  Text  of  the  Book  of  Amus 


nr;--i  :t-ts  »tce«  Dtro 
c--b"  •'"  "mown 

■  i  i—  ID3    N-      i   -     - 


r-xasn  mni  vwi  ■■ 

vram  t-si  rr:r, 

PQ  latBT  '-2  nbaxn 

nba  ",x-,=  nnbyi 

tgnit)  is,,3  nrpr- 

".—'-r  ffnawa  natin « 

r-i-  fttrtJP  -r-.-s- 

=-n  ""as  inpn 

T^sn  ■:£"'"  D30V*l 

sum  mrv 

|>UBI    sb    "    CEX   8  c 

spy  r^-rs  TUBS 

:  rvrp-cx: 


mrr  ex:  ;s-i-  ■:; 

„._„..  ..-s..  -r-:«-  v^-^-p^  s«vn 

nam'ii  i  robEoa  "■-■  ".-x  tj  rwi     »«.» 
rwisn  "i  bwa  tins  "rruwm 


IV 


§15.    A   LATER   VOICE  OF    PROMISE,  9:9  L6 


m*B-"»33K  PBTPO  9 1 
=  --;rrbaa    VrOTPfl 

maaa  r*:*  -rx: 
:ynn  *ms  b's^xbi 

-sun-'::  WW  anna  w 

r.-.r'xb    cnrsn 
:nr-r.   -;-- r   ""- 

z'-x  mm  orra  "  " 
nbesi  ~"~  r::"rs 
rrs-E     rx     trroi 
trp»  "rrrc-irn 
:nbir  wa  rwaai 


njw  fTibra;  Mafaora,  Ooxx,  Qomraao,  Obak*,  lettww.  pp.  6» 1  Q«o    H>aj>  Bum,  n..»»<k, 

\\ m,iv    Mi" i.    NOWACE,    Ki. ;-i.    in  i  i  i.i.  «  (* '"' •  •  l'"'- :-i.  Oi.iti.i.  Marti. 

Mm:h.  I'lHT  -; — r~         ibow,  Hamun  ■■  ■  /. 

l-^SC    SP3P  ;    a-   lllx.v.    \\  l  i.i  11  u  -i  v    «»>■».    Anwi  Will. mi  -in.       I. mill. \.      N'.ih  M  K,       Ki.iiok-t.      Uiinl. 

Smith,  Nowaoz,  Tobjcst,  Daxrm,  Oobt  (SmmdatUmm),  Mum. 

BlhOUT,  'iii  ii. i.  M  uiti.  n^ac  "pPCHm.  lTpJ"YPl    as  abov.   \\  1:1.1  11  u  »i  \ 

nf&e  C*~pr*  I  •*  nix'vi'.  Hi  1 1  h  \\  i.i  i  ii  um\    Hn> 

162 


William    Raisin    H  \  uii:ic 


i 


i         Ami   if  they   go   about    in    captivity   before  their 

enemies, 
Thence  will  I  command  the  sword  and  it  will  slay 

them; 
And  I  will  put  mine  eye  on  them 
For  evil  and  aoi  for  zood, 

iv       7         Are  ye  not  us  the  Bons  of  the  Onshitee  onto  me, 
(>  Bons  of  fsrael?     It  is  the  oracle  of  Yahweh. 
Did  I  aol  bring  up  I  Marl  out  of  the  land  of  Egypt, 
And  the  Philistines  from  Caphtor,  and  Aram  from 

Kir? 
Behold  theeyes  of  the  Lord  Yahweb  are  apon  this 

sinful  kingdom, 
And  I  wilL destroy  il  from  off  the  face  of  the  earth. 


''  An. i  iliwrhSaba- 

..il,. 

ll"  ih.it  touches  tl arte 

mi. i  ii  malts, 
Ami   all    irbo  dwall   to   it 

iiii'ilrn. 
An. I  II  r IIJ. 111.,  th..  Nile, 

all  .if  it. 
Am. I  rinks  lit-  th.-  Nil..  ,,f 
pi 
6  Be  thai  builds  ln~  chamber! 
in  tl..-  has 
Ami    ha-    eatabllshad    hi> 

vmill  iiihiii  tl artli  — 

He  tliit  i-.ill-  f.ir  tin-  Mit.  r- 

of  tl.- 
And  iH.nr-  tin-in  nut  ui*.n 

the  flu--,  "f  tl arth  — 

Yahweh  te  lii-  m 


..■  tl..it  I  will  ii. .1  utterly 

destroy  the  house  «*f  Jacob; 
it  i-  the  oraele  "f  ^  ahweh. 


S  If).     A    I.ATKIi    VOICE    OF    IMJOMISK.   '.l:'.l    la 


Efl  For  behold  I  command. 
And  I  will  shake  iIm-  I 
of  brael  among  all  the 

nation-. 
Just    ii-   0116   -halo--   ■  i  t  la  a 

sieve; 
And  not  i  kernel  -hill  fall 

to  til.-  ground. 
in  Bj  th-'  sword  -hall  die  nil 

tin1  .dnnen  of  mj  !►*«•« » i « l r - . 
Who     i\  :     1 1    uter  shall 

not  touch  or  befell  ns. 

II    11    In   that    .lay  I  will    rai>.> 

up  the  hut  of  David  that 
Ifl  fallen, 

And  I  will  wall  Up  it- 
broach*--  and  rai-<-  up  it- 
ruin-, 

V.-i  I  will  build  it  as  in 
the  day-  of  old. 


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38                The  Structure  of 

the  Text  of  the  Book 

of  Amob 

TW      ~z —      pttb  12 

12  In  ordai  thai    they   may 

"5Dn    2— IS     rmwB 

poBttaan   ili''    remnant  of 

=".-- 

Bdom  anil  all  the  nations. 

Which    are    called    by  my 

=--':r  "cz  x-p:  -rx 

name. 

:tst  nc7  mm  ex: 

It  is  the  oracle  of  Yahwi  h. 

who  will  do  this. 

Ill  13  Behold    the    day-     ;. r.- 
coming,   it   la  the  oracle 

DfQ    S",r"1    n:n  mm 

Of  Yahw.-h, 

mm  ran 

Wh.-ii  the  plonghmaii shall 

tnpa  tmn  c^:i 

overtake  the  n-aper. 

And  the  trader  of  grapes 

rwi  two  trow  "jtti 

him  who  soweth  - 1 : 

ccr  nnnn  "ttnam 

Ami   the  mountain'-    shall 

iroavmnri  rroaan  '"■ 

drop  swi-et  wine. 

-:;-":':"rsT:r(  n« 

And  all  the  hills  -hall  melt. 
14  a  And  I  will  lead  hack  the 

captivity   of    my   people 

Israel. 

IV  Ub-d   And   they  shall   re- 

cny   i:m   n  wi  iv 

build    waste    citie-    and 

■otm  rmna 

inhabit  them. 

_rx  inn  vera  wan 

Ami  they  shall  plant  vine- 

DS1" 

yards    and    drink    their 

~rx  ib:xi  rvoa  ion 

wine. 
And  they  shall  make  Har- 

: Dnma 

dens  and  eat  their  fruit, 

omarttrts    z'rr-j:-  is 

1.",  And  1  will  plant  them  u|w»n 

5r«  -sir  tow  x'5T 

their  land, 
And  they    -hall    not  again 

DTittrtS 

be  plucked  tip  from  their 

-ex  zro  Tttis  irx 

land. 

:TH5X  nw 

Which  I  have  civeii  th.-m. 

Vahweh  thyQod  ha-  -aid. 

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